# Finnegans Wake Editions?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finnegans-wake-editions/610988
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [January 28, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finnegans-wake-editions/610988 "2012-01-28T14:08:23Z")
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### Author: ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finnegans-wake-editions/610988/1 "2012-01-28T14:08:23Z")

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My first copy of Finnegans Wake was the 628 page original 1939 edition published by Penguin. Then I got the 628 page Viking Compass paperback edition embodying all author’s corrections. I recently obtained a hardcover Viking edition that is somewhat easier to read with the larger print, but it’s 540 pages.

Is there a hardcover Finnegans Wake edition, embodying author’s corrections, with 628 pages? Most books about FW refer by page number which makes it less easy to use them with this 540 page FW.

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### Author: ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finnegans-wake-editions/610988/2 "2012-01-28T15:15:04Z")

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I am sure this is findable online - but Joyce isn’t my specialty. I’d Google your question and also do a search at [Bookfinder.com](http://Bookfinder.com)

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### Author: ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finnegans-wake-editions/610988/3 "2012-01-28T16:59:55Z")

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Here’s a [guide to editions](http://www.rosenlake.net/fw/FWeditions.html) that should help you search.

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### Author: ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finnegans-wake-editions/610988/4 "2012-01-28T17:12:59Z")

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If anyone has, or knows of a, hardcover 8th edition with 628 pages, please let me know. Meantime, I’ll just use the Compass paperback with other books.